Robert C. Harvey is a well-known and well-learned comics historian and cartoonist. Bob has been a long-time contributor to The Comics Journal (contributing an essay today) and he contributes a monthly column to Humor Times (usually in the first half of the month, so a new one should be just around the corner).R. C. also has […]
Magazine cartoonist Danny Shanahan has passed away. Daniel Patrick (Danny) Shanahan July 11, 1957 – July 5, 2021 Michael Maslin is reporting the death of Danny Shanahan: The cartoonist, Danny Shanahan, who contributed drawings to The New Yorker from September of 1988 through last year, died early this morning, according to his wife, Janet Stetson. He […]
Who would have guessed that Chicago was the birthplace of comics? The exhibition focuses on the origins of the comics in popular publishing, the immeasurable importance of African-American cartoonists and publishing, the first woman cartoonists and editors, the first daily comic strip, and finally the art and comics of undeservedly forgotten Frank King, who with […]
Magazine cartoonist Will McPhail has a new book out and is making the rounds. Which was scarier? Sending your first cartoon to the New Yorker or sitting down to work on your debut graphic novel? Definitely The New Yorker. I had no idea that I was supposed to be scared of doing the graphic novel […]
Gag writer and gatherer Al Gottlieb has passed away. Al Gottlieb ca. 1927 – May 2021 Van Scott, current editor of Gag Recap, passed on the sad news in late May: Jackie Rosenberg, the daughter of Al Gottlieb, Publisher of the Gag Recap for 36 years (1963-1999) informed me that Al passed away last week […]
The National Cartoonists Society takes great pleasure in announcing that the Gold Key Award will be presented this year to Mort Gerberg, for his widely-varied and successful career of over 60 years as a cartoonist. The Gold Key, awarded by unanimous vote of the NCS Board of Directors, honors the recipient as a member of […]
Howdy. I’m Emma Allen, and I take it you want to be a New Yorker cartoonist. Before you uncap that pen or dip your quill in the blood of your frenemies, you might want to take these cartooning tips and tricks into account. Or not! Who am I to tell you what to do? Oh, […]
Canadian-born Barry Blitt came to New York in the 1990s to pursue a career as an illustrator. While he had been working in Canada, he felt the move to the big city would further his exposure. And indeed it did. In addition to countless prizes and accolades, in 2020 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize […]
One bright day in the middle of the night Jason Chatfield is sitting at a bar when inspiration hits. I was sitting at a bar ordering a beer when the bartender asked me for a card to keep my tab open. I told the bartender to ‘keep it open’ and as I said it, I […]
Happy Birthday to Lily Renée (Lily Renée Willheim Peters Phillips) born 100 years ago today. Lily joins a few other centenarians on our Senior Strippers list.This seems a good time to update our Senior Strippers roster, cartoonists who for 90+ years continue to survive “the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to.”Below is, […]
Updating some items that were posted here earlier.photo via Doug GilfordThe New York Times has printed their obituary for Frank Jacobs. Frank Jacobs, an inventive satirist who in his 57 years at Mad magazine mocked popular culture and politics, often in pitch-perfect verse and lyrics, died on April 5 in Tarzana, Calif… Mr. Jacobs brought […]
Young Liza had succeeded in fulfilling a lifelong dream.In 1979 Liza Donnelly joined three other women as the female force of New Yorker cartoonists; there were more than ten times that many male cartoonists contributing to the magazine then.Not long before that she was made aware that she was a “woman cartoonist,” prior to that […]
MAD writer Frank Jacobs has passed away.Franklin (Frank) JacobsMay 30, 1929 – April 5, 2021 The Jacobs family broke the news on social media: I’m sad to announce that my father, Frank Jacobs, passed away this morning. From a 2009 Los Angeles Times article: Just out of the Army, where he wrote for the newspaper Pacific […]
The National Cartoonists Society has released the nominees for five 2020 Reuben Divisional Award categories that need members to vote for a winner.They are:GAG CARTOONS Kendra Allenby Robert Leighton Ellis Rosen NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS Brian Crane – Pickles Jeff Parker & Steve Kelley – Dustin Ricardo Siri (Liniers) – Macanudo NEWSPAPER PANELS Bill Abbott […]
Magazine cartoonist Rod McKie has passed away. Roderick (Rod) McKieNovember 28, 195?/196? – March 26(?), 2021 From the McKie family: I am so sorry to tell you all that Rod passed away last night. We are all heartbroken. We have been together for 46 years and life without him will be duller, darker and very […]